Families wait anxiouslyNelson Mail, New Zealand –“Yesterday I sent four emails to four friends in Burma. Last night only two had replied.” She had asked one of them, who worked for the United Nations, …

Water scarcity hits MyanmarGulfNews, United Arab Emirates –“Given the increasing commodity prices in Burma, and the overwhelming anger of the population against their enforced poverty, Burmese people are going about …

Myanmar loses count of its deadEconomic Times, India –Nobody is interested in going to vote,’’ said Aung Din, director of the Washington-based advocacy group US Campaign for Burma. Discuss this story with other …

Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Hits 10000This Day (subscription), Nigeria –The Red Cross is among the groups involved in an international aid mission given a “careful green light” by the ruling generals in the former Burma. …

Cyclone death toll may be 13000Scotsman, United Kingdom –“The UN will begin preparing assistance now to be delivered and transported to Burma as quickly as possible,” a spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP) …

UPI NewsTrack TopNewsUnited Press International –The priority was getting shelter and clean drinking water to residents of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, said Richard Horsey of the UN disaster response …

Myanmar Death Toll May Climb to 10000Buzzle, CA –Reports also indicate that the death toll could climb as high as 10000 in the Southeast Asian country once known as Burma. Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit …

Press Briefing by Scott StanzelWhitehouse.gov (press release), DC –Mrs. Bush will make some comments on her humanitarian assistance and the current situation in Burma at 3:00 pm today, from this podium. …

Million euro Burma disaster pledgeThe Press Association –“I have asked my officials to stay in close contact with the UN, the International Red Cross and the NGO community to monitor the situation as it evolves,” …

Cyclone death toll tops 10000 in MyanmarKVIA, TX –Khin Maung Win, a spokesman for the Democratic Voice of Burma — a broadcast media group run by opposition expatriates — said the whole of the delta region …

UPI NewsTrack TopNewsUnited Press International –The priority was getting shelter and clean drinking water to residents of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, said Richard Horsey of the UN disaster response …

Myanmar Death Toll Reported at Nearly 4000New York Times, United States –The junta that rules Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has closed the country off from the outside world and maintained its grip on power through force …

BREAKING: Cyclone Devastates MyanmarCatholic Online, CA –People on my compound who had been there for about 15 years say they had not seen anything like this here, ever.” LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) – At least …

Burma unlocks aid as toll hits 4000NEWS.com.au, Australia –“I haven’t seen anything like this in my whole life,” one elderly resident said. Hundreds of monks joined in efforts by residents, police and troops to …

‘We have nothing now’: survivorThe Age, Australia –A Swedish official, Jens Orback, who was in Burma when the cyclone struck, said: “The electricity is going to take a long time to repair because it is all …

Cyclone Kills Nearly 4000 People in BurmaDemocracy Now, NY –Clinton: Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to put my lot in with economists, because I know if we get it right, if we actually did it right, …

Cyclone Could Unleash Political UpheavalThe Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –Rangoon and other towns in lower Burma were ill-prepared for the cyclone, unlike neighboring Bangladesh, which is regularly hit by such storms. …

Myanmar cyclone toll soars to 4000Aljazeera.net, Qatar –Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have also urged the military government to allow aid groups unfettered access to the country. …

Myanmar death toll ‘nears 4000’CNN –Khin Maung Win, a spokesman for the Democratic Voice of Burma — a broadcast media group run by opposition expatriates — said the whole of the delta region …

Stricken Myanmar seeks international aidCNN International –“We believe hundreds of people are dead,” said Khin Maung Win with the Democratic Voice of Burma — a broadcast media group run by opposition expatriates. …

Local humility in Myanmar inspires studentTennessee Journalist, TN –Until 1989 the country was known as Burma, but due to military government junta, Myanmar is now in a smothering state of repression. My boat operator moves …